A scouts perspective

A scouts perspective

Thursday, April 30, 2015

Kevin Johnson, CB - 16th overall pick

Kevin Johnson, Wake Forest, #9
Height
Weight
Arm
Hand
10 Yd
40 Yd
Bench
Vertical
Broad
3-Cone
Shuttle
60 Yd Shuttle
6-0
188
31
8 3/8
1.60
4.52
DNP
41.5
130
6.79
3.89
12.19

Game Film Evaluated:
Florida State (2014)
Syracuse (2014)
                                                              
Pros: Has the speed to stay with fast receivers deep. Good hips to transition from backpedal. Scheme called for him to play a ton of off man and cover 4 zone. Really comfortable in deep coverage. Able to turn his head and locate the ball. Plays with long arms. Played gunner on ST units.

Cons: Did not do a lot of press in college. Looks to lay people out, penalized for targeting in college. Cannot get off blocks from receivers. He needs to keep his hands off the receiver downfield. A tad over aggressive at times.


Summary: Kevin Johnson has the frame, length and speed to be a force at corner and develop into a top cover man in the NFL. He has the ability to match well vs most NFL receivers, stay with downfield and can close quickly from the backpedal. The scheme leaves his press ability as an unknown, someone with his frame should be able to jam receivers and not doing that often in college will be a learning curve. He is not the best tackling corner, struggles to get off blocks and looks for the knockout blow versus just getting his man down. I project Johnson as a top 20 prospect to a scheme that wants a lot of man coverage, leaving their corners on an island but will have to teach him how to jam receivers. He has first round ability but he is not a complete corner.

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